What's the shortest English word?

The shortest word is a. Some might wonder about the word I since it consists of one letter, too. In sound, a is shorter because it is a monophthong (consists of one vowel), while I is a diphthong. Both do consist of one letter in the English writing system, and in most fonts I is the narrowest letter.
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What is the longest and shortest word in English?

In English, the shortest words are four letters long. In some other languages, we use words of only two characters. The longest words are 17-18 letters - for example, "environmentalists" and "unenthusiastically". The longest word in any language so far is in Portuguese - 'caracteristicamente'.
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What word has all 26 letters in it?

An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. My favorite pangram is “Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.”
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What is the 27th letter in the alphabet?

The ampersand, also known as the and sign, is the logogram &, representing the conjunction "and". It originated as a ligature of the letters et—Latin for "and".
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What word has 4 vowels in a row?

An arbitrary selection of 4-vowel words: homoeoarchy, obsequiousness, palaeoencephalon, queue, lieue, rhythmopoeia, exsanguious.
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The shortest words in English



Is y still vowel?

Y is considered to be a vowel if… The word has no other vowel: gym, my. The letter is at the end of a word or syllable: candy, deny, bicycle, acrylic.
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Can the letter a be a word?

"A" is the indefinite article. 2. Strictly speaking, every letter is a word. "M" is the name of the letter "m" and is a noun.
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Do any words have no vowels?

Words with no vowels

Cwm and crwth do not contain the letters a, e, i, o, u, or y, the usual vowels (that is, the usual symbols that stand for vowel sounds) in English. But in those words the letter w simply serves instead, standing for the same sound that oo stands for in the words boom and booth.
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Can w be a vowel?

Yes, the letter W can behave as a vowel. It's time to level up your Scrabble game, people. And, to all our grade-school peeps out there, get ready to knock the socks off your spelling teacher.
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What word has no rhyme?

There are many words that have no rhyme in the English language. "Orange" is only the most famous. Other words that have no rhyme include: silver, purple, month, ninth, pint, wolf, opus, dangerous, marathon and discombobulate.
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What type of word is Shh?

Shh is an interjection - Word Type.
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What word starts with F?

4 letter words that start with F
  • face.
  • fact.
  • fade.
  • fado.
  • fads.
  • fail.
  • fain.
  • fair.
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What are some G words?

Some of the G words for kids are gate, gem, game, great, gobble, gun, gas, gap, give, gum, grapes, goose, geese, ghost, gym, green, grass, goat, guitar, gloves, general, generic, goat, glass, glacier, etc.
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Do all syllables have a vowel?

Every syllable of every word must have at least one vowel sound. A vowel can stand alone in a syllable, as in u•nit and an•i•mal. It can also be surrounded by consonants, as in jet, nap•kin, and fan•tas•tic.
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What is this letter L?

Ł or ł, described in English as L with stroke, is a letter of the Polish, Kashubian, Sorbian, Belarusian Latin, Ukrainian Latin, Wymysorys, Navajo, Dëne Sųłıné, Inupiaq, Zuni, Hupa, Sm'álgyax, Nisga'a, and Dogrib alphabets, several proposed alphabets for the Venetian language, and the ISO 11940 romanization of the Thai ...
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What letter is 0 in the alphabet?

O, or o, is the fifteenth letter in the ISO basic Latin alphabet and the fourth vowel letter in the modern English alphabet. Its name in English is o (pronounced /ˈoʊ/), plural oes.
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What is œ called in French?

The letters 'OE' are usually combined into a single symbol in French: Œ or œ. When a pair of characters is used in such a way, it is called a digraph. The Œ is pronounced more or less according to the same rules as 'EU'. In general, if it's in an open syllable, it sounds like the 'U' in "full": listen.
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How do u spell ANOF?

Correct pronunciation for the word "ANOF" is [ˈanɒf], [ˈanɒf], [ˈa_n_ɒ_f].
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What starts with AF?

8-letter words that start with af
  • affected.
  • affinity.
  • affluent.
  • afferent.
  • afebrile.
  • aflutter.
  • affiance.
  • afflatus.
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What word starts with E?

  • eager.
  • eagle.
  • eagre.
  • eared.
  • earls.
  • early.
  • earns.
  • earth.
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Is Ugh word?

Ugh is defined as a way to express disgust or horror. When you walk into a room that is absolutely filthy and dirty, this is an example of when you might say "ugh." Used to express repugnance, disgust, boredom, annoyance, tiredness, or horror.
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What's the meaning of HMM in chatting?

Hmm definition

Hmm is defined as a sound you make to express hesitation or when you are thinking about something or don't know exactly what to say. An example of hmm is what you say when someone asks you a tough question and you pause for a second before answering. interjection.
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